Medium
Find the Maximum Number of Marked Indices — C++
Full explanation · Time O(nlogn) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(nlogn)
// Space: O(1)
// sort, greedy, two pointers
class Solution {
public:
int maxNumOfMarkedIndices(vector<int>& nums) {
sort(begin(nums), end(nums));
int left = 0;
for (int right = (size(nums) + 1) / 2; right < size(nums); ++right) {
if (nums[right] >= 2 * nums[left]) {
++left;
}
}
return left * 2;
}
};
// Time: O(nlogn)
// Space: O(1)
// sort, greedy, two pointers
class Solution2 {
public:
int maxNumOfMarkedIndices(vector<int>& nums) {
sort(begin(nums), end(nums));
int left = 0;
for (int right = 0; right < size(nums); ++right) {
if (nums[right] >= 2 * nums[left]) {
++left;
}
}
return min(left, static_cast<int>(size(nums) / 2)) * 2;
}
};